Coventry Parish Ruins are the remnants of a historic Episcopal church

Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...

 located at Rehobeth

Rehobeth, Maryland

Rehobeth is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is located at the east end of Old Rehobeth Road, off Rehobeth Road, on the bank of the Pocomoke River.-References:...

, Somerset County

Somerset County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*53.5% White*42.3% Black*0.3% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.7% Two or more races*1.5% Other races*3.3% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Maryland

Maryland

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. It consists of a two-story seven-by-three-bay Flemish bond brick church erected between 1785 and 1788. The ruin has been reduced to three primary walls, since the south wall rises only a foot above ground level, except for one single-story pier. At the time of its construction it was the largest Episcopal church on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1984.

External links

• Coventry Parish Ruins, Somerset County, including photo from 1967, at Maryland Historical Trust